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hobgoblin

 (n): (folklore) a small grotesque supernatural creature that makes trouble for human beings
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3 months ago pterodactyl said:

You and me both, fer_k. Such a great comic!

9 months ago fer_k said:

I can't read this word without remembering Order of the stick.

9 months ago John said:

"A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

9 months ago trivet said:

Such a glorious word - thanks, yarb!

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